Archive for August 2007

A Run on a Bank!

August 18, 2007

This is a little off topic, but I was stunned to read this headline from The Atlanta Journal Constitution: “Californians rush to pull money from Countrywide Bank.” The first sentence reads, “Anxious customers jammed the phone lines and Web site of Countrywide Bank and crowded its branch offices to pull out their savings because of [...]

Security and terrorism website: DEBKAfile

August 15, 2007

The website that broke the NYC dirty bomb story is debka.com, I site I’ve browsed over the past few years. It’s a very good site and you’ll get stuff there that you won’t see in the mainstream American press or DEBKAfile gets it first. I’ve also placed the link in the blogroll.

Dirty Bomb Scare in NYC

August 15, 2007

There was a dirty bomb scare in New York City a few days ago. Here’s the Reuters link. According to CBS News there were checks points and travel was brought to a “near crawl”. The CBS article also stated, “First word of the threat came from an Israeli-based Web site quoting an alleged American member [...]

Thinking About the Unthinkable

August 2, 2007

I live in a big city, three miles from a known terrorist target. I wonder and worry about nuclear terrorism. This is what I think about: What’s the likelihood of a nuclear attack (NA)? What can I do to prepare? If I don’t die in the blast, how can I survive a NA and how [...]


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